Congreso: The 15th International Conference on Railways Engineering Design and Operation (COMPRAIL 2016), Madrid, 19 – 21 July, 2016

Autores: Matilde González-Gonzalo, Jaime Calle-Sánchez, Paloma Corral Gutiérrez, José I. Alonso.

Railway scenarios present several specific features that difficult the deployment of a radio communication network, especially for high speed environments. Railway passenger’s demand for high capacity communication systems for personal purposes is continuously growing. This demand drives the installation of public commercial communication systems: 3G, LTE, which not only coexist next to GSM-R system infrastructure, but may be also deployed in frequency bands which lie next to GSM-R ones. This fact may lead to interference issues between both systems, as reported by several railway operators.